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NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 94,633, dated September 7 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN' FANS.

The Scheduielreferred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all Iwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, O. R. NITSCH, of New York city, State and county ofNew York, have invented a new am'. improved 11`an;.and do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of referencemarked thereon.

Figure l represents the fan when opened.

Figure 2 isa sectional view ofthe fan when'closed.

The. nature of my invention consists in attaching a pulley to a shaft orpivot, fastened to the upper lid of the fan, whichis connected, by oneor more bands or ribbons, to the inner and lower lids, and thus readilyopens the fan .by pulling the cord, which is wound once around thepulley.

A is the lower lid,.,to which the case. or box B is xed.

rlhe pivot or shaft C is secured to the upper lid D by splint orin anysuitable manner, so that when the pulley E, fastened to the'ot-her endof pivot or shaft O, is turned by the cord F, of whichthe one end isfastened to the pulley E, and wound once around the same, the upper lidD describes a circle, or 'a portion ot' it, as much as desired, and bythe means of one or more bands or ribbons, G, which are attached to theinner and outer lids, opens the fan, arranging the inner lids Hsuccessively, until the cord F is entirelyunwound.

When closing the fan, the cord is wound up again,V

